Rice Space Institute http://rsi.rice.edu Thu, 09 May 2013 15:53:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Why Space? Video Competition Winners http://rsi.rice.edu/2013/05/07/why-space-video-competition-winners/ http://rsi.rice.edu/2013/05/07/why-space-video-competition-winners/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 19:30:33 +0000 David Alexander http://rsi.blogs.rice.edu/?p=1260 The winning entry for the Scientia Conference video competition was submitted by Zach Bielak (Creator, Director) and Jarvis Miller (Narrator)

The winning video will be posted on this page soon.

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]]> http://rsi.rice.edu/2013/05/07/space-exploration-and-human-imagination-conference-presentations-available/feed/ 0 The man who sent Dylan Thomas into space http://rsi.rice.edu/2013/04/29/the-man-who-sent-dylan-thomas-into-space/ http://rsi.rice.edu/2013/04/29/the-man-who-sent-dylan-thomas-into-space/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:12:20 +0000 psj1 http://rsi.blogs.rice.edu/?p=1244 As a senior Nasa official, George Abbey (pictured center) was the man responsible for selecting astronauts for shuttle missions during the height of American space exploration. But it was his love for Wales that led to a more unusual spaceflight–sending the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas into orbit.

Read the full story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22299909

Abbey is is now the Baker Botts Senior Fellow in Space Policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

]]> http://rsi.rice.edu/2013/04/29/the-man-who-sent-dylan-thomas-into-space/feed/ 0 Space coffee gets an upgrade http://rsi.rice.edu/2013/04/24/space-coffee-gets-an-upgrade/ http://rsi.rice.edu/2013/04/24/space-coffee-gets-an-upgrade/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:48:10 +0000 psj1 http://rsi.blogs.rice.edu/?p=1241 It’s hard to get a perfect cup of coffee in space. But Rice University freshmen are trying to fix that. 

The engineering students charged with the task of making a better coffee condiment system for the International Space Station (ISS) have come up with a solution they believe will please the astronauts. 

http://news.rice.edu/2013/04/24/space-coffee-gets-an-upgrade-2/

]]> http://rsi.rice.edu/2013/04/24/space-coffee-gets-an-upgrade/feed/ 0 Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium congratulations their 2013 winners http://rsi.rice.edu/2013/04/23/rice-undergraduate-research-symposium-congratulations-their-2013-winners/ http://rsi.rice.edu/2013/04/23/rice-undergraduate-research-symposium-congratulations-their-2013-winners/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:20:27 +0000 psj1 http://rsi.blogs.rice.edu/?p=1233 The annual Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium enables Rice undergraduate students in all disciplines to share their research and design projects with the broader Rice and Houston community. More than 250 undergraduate students from across the disciplines competed for monetary prizes in the annual Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium held on April 12 at Tudor Fieldhouse.
http://ofur.rice.edu/content.aspx?id=4294967413

Thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, the following prizes were awarded at RURS 2013. http://ofur.rice.edu/content.aspx?id=4294967621

]]> http://rsi.rice.edu/2013/04/23/rice-undergraduate-research-symposium-congratulations-their-2013-winners/feed/ 0 International Space Apps Challenge announces the challenges for 2013 http://rsi.rice.edu/2013/04/02/international-space-apps-challenge-announces-this-years-challenges/ http://rsi.rice.edu/2013/04/02/international-space-apps-challenge-announces-this-years-challenges/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:18:23 +0000 David Alexander http://rsi.blogs.rice.edu/?p=1224 The 2013 International Space Apps Challenge has announced the 20 challenges that will feature in this year’s event.

Details can be found at http://spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/.

The Rice Space Institute is bringing this year’s event to Rice University and Houston as the 80 participating locations around this world.

More information on the International Space Apps Challenge can be found at http://spaceappschallenge.org/

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Alan Bean, astronaut and artist, enthralled an overflow crowd at Duncan Hall on March 21 in the final Space Frontiers Lecture of the year where he told stories and imparted philosophy about how the human race got to the moon and what it all meant.

]]> http://rsi.rice.edu/2013/03/27/space-frontiers-lecture-reaching-for-your-own-special-star-with-alan-bean-view-the-video-here/feed/ 0 RSI and Wiess School of Natural Sciences host Apollo Astronaut and artist Alan Bean http://rsi.rice.edu/2013/03/22/rsi-and-weiss-school-of-natural-sciences-host-apollo-astronaut-and-artist-alan-bean/ http://rsi.rice.edu/2013/03/22/rsi-and-weiss-school-of-natural-sciences-host-apollo-astronaut-and-artist-alan-bean/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:12:44 +0000 David Alexander http://rsi.blogs.rice.edu/?p=1164 In the last of this season’s Space Frontiers Lectures, Apollo astronaut Alan Bean entertains at Rice.

See article by Mike Williams for details.

]]> http://rsi.rice.edu/2013/03/22/rsi-and-weiss-school-of-natural-sciences-host-apollo-astronaut-and-artist-alan-bean/feed/ 0 RSI Student Association hosts the Innovate for NASA seminar http://rsi.rice.edu/2013/03/15/1158/ http://rsi.rice.edu/2013/03/15/1158/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:24:54 +0000 David Alexander http://rsi.blogs.rice.edu/?p=1158 Accelerating Innovation: How organizations target breakthroughs in Human Health and Performance   Dr. Jeff Davis,   Director Human Health and Performance, NASA Johnson Space Center

March 15, 2013
12:00 p.m.
Herman Brown Hall 227

Click here for more information.

]]> http://rsi.rice.edu/2013/03/15/1158/feed/ 0 MEMS Graduate Series Seminar – “Rocks to Robots: Concepts for Initial Robotic Lunar Resource Development” http://rsi.rice.edu/2013/02/28/mems-graduate-series-seminar-rocks-to-robots-concepts-for-initial-robotic-lunar-resource-development/ http://rsi.rice.edu/2013/02/28/mems-graduate-series-seminar-rocks-to-robots-concepts-for-initial-robotic-lunar-resource-development/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:19:42 +0000 psj1 http://rsi.blogs.rice.edu/?p=1112 The Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science presents Graduate Seminar Series Speaker

Lee Morin
NASA Johnson Space Center

Wednesday, March 6, 2013
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Mechanical Engineering Building – Room 128
Rice University

Abstract: Dr. Morin will discuss concepts for applying telepresence robotics on the surface of the Moon to bootstrap in-situ industrial capability. He will also give highlights of his flight on Space Shuttle Atlantis during the STS-110 mission to the International Space Station.

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